Bush's Europe

Updated June 18, 2001 4:32 p.m. ET

RE: ("Bush in Europe") Time and circumstances beyond our control have made us the single great power. Russia and China have moved with certain of the 'Stans to form a defensive alliance in reaction to the present uni-polar world.

The role of the single great power is not to cause the creation of alliances which could reach a level of strength to oppose us. It is, rather, to take those actions necessary to minimize their...